Agenda item

Approved, subject to conditions

The Committee considered an application for the change of use from agricultural land to Country Park and creation of car park.

Mike Pollard, a representative of the Banbury Ornithological Society addressed the Committee in support of the application.

The committee commented on the opportunity that the application would bring for Banbury and noted that there was further potential for the site, including tourism.

In reaching their decision, the Committee considered the officers’ report, presentation and written update and the address of the public speaker,

Resolved

That application 12/00302/CDC be approved subject to:

(i)                 Receipt of comments from The Thames Valley Police Architectural Liaison Officer and no objection being received from British Waterways and the inclusion of any required conditions as necessary delegated to the Head of Public Protection and Development Management.

(ii)               The following conditions:

(1)               That the development to which this permission relates shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

(2)               Except where otherwise stipulated by conditions attached to this permission, the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the following plans and documents: application forms, design and access statement, flood risk assessment, Banbury Flood Alleviation Scheme File Note: Phase 1 Habitat Survey carried out by Black and Veatch dated 25/10/2011, Landscape specification for implementation and maintenance document, drawing number 11-091 CP-Masterplan 1 Rev C with red line amended to reflect the County boundary, Phase 1 Habitat Survey plan for Proposed Country Park, Habitat Creation Zones – proposed flood storage reservoir maintenance and management plan – rev A dated May 2011, 07012-FSR-SK001 Rev A, 07012-FSR-SK002 Rev C, 07012-FSR-SK005 Rev A, 07_012_507 Rev P00, 07012-CS-530 Rev B

(3)               Notwithstanding the approved plans, any changes to any of the physical development or engineering operations, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(4)               That no development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a scheme for landscaping the site which shall include:-

(a)               details of the proposed tree and shrub planting including their species, number, sizes and positions, together with grass seeded/turfed areas,

(b)               details of the existing trees and hedgerows to be retained as well as those to be felled, including existing and proposed soil levels at the base of each tree/hedgerow and the minimum distance between the base of the tree and the nearest edge of any excavation,

(c)               details of the hard surface areas, pavements, pedestrian areas, crossing points and steps.

(5)               That all planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the building(s) or on the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner;  and that any trees and shrubs which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent for any variation.

(6)               That the existing hedgerow to the east of the proposed car park shall be reinforced by additional planting in accordance with a detailed scheme to be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and carried out within the first available planting season following the occupation of the building or on the completion of the development whichever is the sooner.  Any plant/tree within the hedgerow which may die within five years from completion of the development shall be replaced and thereafter by properly maintained in accordance with this condition.

(7)               That full design details of any signage that will be installed to guide individuals to the Country Park shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(8)               That full design details of any lighting that may be required on the site including for bridges and underpasses for example shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

(9)               That prior to the opening of the visitor car park the existing means of access between the land and the highway (A361) shall be improved, laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the specification of the means of access attached hereto, and that all ancillary works therein specified shall be undertaken in accordance with the said specification.

(10)          That the proposed vision splays shall be formed, laid out and constructed in accordance with drawing 07012-FSR-Sk002-C prior to the opening of the visitor car park and shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material.

(11)          That prior to the opening of the visitor car park the parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided in accordance with the plan hereby approved (07012-FSR-SK005-A) and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed in accordance with specification details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles at all times thereafter.

(12)          The development permitted by this planning permission shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) and the following mitigation measures detailed within the FRA:

1.                  There shall be no raising of ground levels in Flood Zones 2 or 3, as set out in Sections 1b and 7a of the FRA.

2.                  Rates and volumes of surface water discharge shall not be increased during storm events up to and including the 1 in 100 year storm event with an allowance for climate change (the design storm event), as set out in Section 3d of the FRA.

3.                  The drainage system shall be designed to not flood during storm events including the design storm event or any surface water flooding beyond the 1 in 30 year storm event, up to and including the design storm event shall be safely contained on site, as set out in Section 3d of the FRA.

(13)          No development shall take place until a surface water drainage schemefor the site, based on sustainable drainage principles and an assessment of the hydrological and hydro geological context of the development, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The drainage strategy should demonstrate the surface water run-off generated up to and including the 1 in 100 years plus climate changecritical storm will not exceed the run-off from the undeveloped site following the corresponding rainfall event. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented in accordance with the approved details before the development is completed.

(14)          No development shall take place until a landscape management plan, including long- term design objectives, management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscaped areas (except privately owned domestic gardens), shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The landscape management plan shall be carried out as approved and any subsequent variations shall be agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include the following elements: 

·                    detail extent and type of new planting (NB planting to be of native species) (List of species required)

·                    details of maintenance regimes

·                    details of any new habitat created on site

·                     details of treatment of site boundaries and/or buffers around water bodies